Daily Republican., 1887-07-05
TIFF FOOL ROOM.
Opie p. Read in Arkansaw Traveller.

5htu that ne na1 started out with fair
prospects. ply sicslly, but that having,
while quito youDg, been hooked by .
steer, kicked by an old family horse
the most dangerous Of oil cresturee-
and finally run over by . wood wagon,
he settled down into AN ordinary Grip
pie, with one leg that was much too
short, and with sne arm that was with.
cred like q wilied polk stalk. Little
Zauby had. from his earliest infancy.
lived In Cypress grove where every one
was acquainted with the hum OF his in
d dustrious old mothers spinning wheel.
The old woman knew that her son was
going TO be statesman. Had be been
strong and able to work, she would
doubtless have INDUCED no such hope,
but AZ IL was she see med to think that
statesm apship was about oil that was
left for him. The school teacher once
had tho extreme hardibood to toll her
that he did not think " WAS OF much
use to send the boy to school, adding
that 1t Was cruel to tax what little mind
the Obi d had. The old woman wss
putting o fresh "shuck" on the spiDd 10
OF her wheel Mt the time. She turned
from her work, which was indeed re.
attention for her TO bestow ON
any one, looked at the teaoher from head
W 1901 Hno said:
"Mr: soroaRins, I SEQ that ell the
fools amt dead yit"
my dear madam"-
"Don's dear madam me. see how
It H. You air all jealous o. Zanby. Oh,
you hector laugh, you great big lubber.
" Rood-fur nothtn' thing. This very
mint you cuabt to he ont in the woods
splittin' rails, stead of maxim your
livin' BY settin' round . house. You'll
never We = salesman, Mr.. Bcroggins,
uever while brenth's Ia that good fur.
nothin' body O. Sourn. Git outen my
When the hov came homA shs took
him into IN inner chamber. q dark room
wnlJher she always went 10 pour out
her srief, and wepi over bin.
About the tinae Z~aby arrived at the
age of IL years, "a change came over
1im. Despite his inhrmitiss. be had
.ver main tanned cheeriulnsss that was
che wonder Of sound people, but he sud.
'isniy became gloomy. When some one
spoke TO his mother In regard to 1t, she
rerl,ad:
"It's puffeckly nachul. You KANT
expect Ooy that's .via' to be- . states
man to allus have the simple Rrins
Jes let him alone. nm he'll come out all
right"
YES" rejoined the peighbor, "bu,
this mornin' seed him settin' on the
bank o. the branch cryin' At ter kill
hisse'f."
"What would yon expect . statesman
to Dc? Alius Ris2le? Madam, you Jis'
tend to yore business an I'll try to tel
tend to mine."
'Oh, IL amt that l am tryin' to med.
die with gore business, madam; it's be
cause We air all ipt'rested in little ZAn
hv. We air all 30 ulster seein' him in
the sun that 1t sorter posters us ter sex
him In the shade"
Wall, that neenter bother you none
That child IL comm outen the kinkl
faster than you ever Iced pusson
wy, you oughter hear him talk In hi
sleep. He talks like q preacher"
the old woman, though Bhe treated
the matter lightly, was deeply troubled
and when little Zsnby came home sh,
otudied his face closely.
"Z.uby, air yer we'll, my chile?" sh'
asked.
"Yessum
GAS well as yer wauter be?"
"Well ez ken be-"
Show so?'
"W'y, as we'll as a sore cripple kel
be
She had never before heard hin
speak OF his sffliotion; she had nevs
heard him make . remark SO serious
ard her chin quivtred es she gazed upoI
him.
II wuz fool all my life I'LL the othe
day." he said. snow I've got som,
sense," no added, after . slight pause
"What have you learnt that's new?'
she asked.
'Lsnrnt that I've allus been fool.
tell you. I've been q sort O. butteIfly =
but now I'm hornet"
Sue looked at him in astonishmert
"Zanby, I know now that you kahn
helm brIn' n stsi eBmRn."
"Statesma an, the devil!'
"Mussyful heavens, ohile. you"-
That's all right, mother" ZsnbI
broke In. "I'ye heaIn about that al
my life, and when l wuz . tool l pait
attention to IT an live1 on 1t, for wal
ollr d then, but ken ses now. know
you air surprised to zee that / amt n,
longer fool"
The old woman burst int tears. II,
put his withered arm about her neck.
"rhNr," he eaid, "don't cry thlsA
way. You oughter be glad that aim
no longer such = fool, even II dom
laugh and try ter dance"
She dried her ey es. and, though sor
rowing deeply, could not help bnt sd
m,re the new expression which tn
n 1 ft p IN ei v,1a hau hod f0und
'Zauby," she said tenderly, holding
his withered arm, "ef yore eyes al
opened, as you say, az Of you air 8,
ken You hep bein' q great man?'
mother, you mustn't talk TO m,
thater way any more. My mind Is jis
as badly crippled rs my body, an
amt nachnl that ken ever amount I,
any ything."
Her hopes of his coming s srentness
and her never en- ling talk OF the tim
when he should be recognized as
leader, constituted her only pleasure
and now, to be robbed OF IL, brought
fresh flow Of tears.
THAR, nov, mother, don't cry. It.
better tor be IL iBerahe with som
little sense than ter be fool an
happy"
"but, my SOD, said the old woman
endeavoripg 10 be calm, lyon ain't toll
ne what has brought about this terri
ole change"
mo, an 1 reckon I'd better keep 1
Ter myself. 1t kain't be e'ped-tha
amt no earthly cure for 1t"
"But yon mout tell yore pore ol
lmotber-"
Thar, now, don't CRY. No, don
want ter go In thar"
She had made . motion as thougl
she would draw him into rhs darl
room. ~ don't want TO 60 In thar n
more. Ir's dark enough out here 10
me now"
"Don't speak slightin' O. that TO m
my chile. Yore father died In thar"